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Danny Garcia's "Farewell to Brooklyn" 🥊 Event Promo Interview ft. Top Boxing News (IG), Clubber D (YT) & Josh (YT @86Boxing) & Sports Professor (YT @BALLandBUDS)
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Introduction and Setup
00:00:00
Speaker
What up friends welcome to ball and buds here on where we at this is new the million yes millions We are here streaming live in preparation for the huge Danny Garcia farewell to Brooklyn fight This Saturday, October 18th at 6 p.m. Eastern. It is going to be a tremendous card.
00:00:26
Speaker
And you've probably never seen any of us before. This our first time. So I am the sports professor from Ball & Buds. My boxing insider, as always with me, Clubber D and the boxing historian,
00:00:40
Speaker
86 boxing Josh and our special special guest today from top top i keep wanting to say top rank top boxing news in what's good my brother how we doing today oh man I'm doing amazing I'm happy to be a part of your ah your guys's first show me on millions man and let's talk about this fight and it's gonna be great Yes, that is awesome. So, again, i mentioned your channel, but do you want to let everybody know, and you know, the places they can find you or anything like that?
00:01:12
Speaker
Yeah, for sure. On Instagram, it's a at top.boxingnews. On TikTok, I believe it's the same, at top.boxingnews. On YouTube, it's just top.boxingnews. All right, there you go. And I know you cover all combat sports. Is that correct? You do the boxing and a little bit of MMA?
00:01:28
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Yeah, do a little bit an MMA partner? Okay. um Yeah, I have a – the MMA, we're kind of getting it off the ground right now. it's ah It's a work in progress, to say the least. Yeah, no, that's awesome.
Significance of Garcia's Farewell Fight
00:01:40
Speaker
right, cool. Well, yeah, everybody, please make sure you subscribe on YouTube at everybody's channels. Tap in with them, Ball and Buds, B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S, Clubber D. It's pretty easy. Just Clubber D and 86 Boxing. That's pretty easy as well.
00:01:55
Speaker
And obviously, top ah boxing news on Instagram. Get up with it. Well, I was going to say YouTube channel. I was going to say Top Break. All right. Cool. Let's get it started and kick this bad boy off. A tremendous card this weekend.
00:02:11
Speaker
Danny Garcia's farewell to brooklyn ah farewell to Brooklyn card at the Center. ah This is a former two-division champion winding down his career. It will be co-promoted, or even I think it's fully promoted, by his own new boxing promotion, Swift promotion. So I'm sure we'll talk about all of that, and we'll talk about the actual fight coming in. But this is what is supposed to be a retirement bout.
00:02:40
Speaker
ah for him on his long legacy of fighting. He has been relatively inactive over ah the past five years with only four fights, but we'll talk about all of that.
00:02:52
Speaker
His lost last fight, a loss in September 2024, um ah to his Landy Lada. ah So right here he'll be facing Danny Gonzalez, Philadelphia fighter, 10-round junior middleweight tilt, um and we're looking at a very good show, so we're going to talk about some of these fights here and get, obviously, all of these experts' wonderful opinions. So we'll start with you, Ian, since you are the special guest here. How do you feel about this ah this overall weekend coming up?
00:03:24
Speaker
Oh, man, it's ah it's tremendous. Looking at this being promoted by Swift Promotions, I think if you ah if you didn't tell me that this was being promoted by Swift Promotions and you just laid the card out for me and didn't mention a promoter, I would have thought it was PBC, top-ranked matchup, like,
Garcia's Career and Barclays Center Legacy
00:03:40
Speaker
The big dogs. This is a huge card. I mean, I'm looking at the list right now. Danny Garcia, Nahir Albright, Rashad Mahdi, Chris Colbert, Damon Keneva, Gabriel or Rosado, Keith Colon. These are a ton of names on an absolutely loaded card.
00:03:52
Speaker
And I think the card itself is really ah an entry point for Swift Promotions. I got to talk to the president, Mike Farrell, a couple weeks ago. And he said he's looking to turn this into like a PBC type promotion. He wants to yeah know it's become one of the biggest promotions in the sport. And I think this card is a perfect entryway in announcing themselves in the boxing scene.
00:04:13
Speaker
Hey, that's insider information right there. Well, ah before we get a couple of questions from the general questions from the gentleman, from a historical perspective, how significant is ah Danny Garcia ah choosing the Barclays Center for his farewell?
00:04:31
Speaker
Oh man, Danny Garcia, I believe this will be his 10th fight at the Barclays Center. That's a record-setting 10 fights. this is He's made it his home over his boxing career. The amount of left hook knockouts that Danny Garcia has had inside the Barclays Center is insane.
00:04:46
Speaker
And although he is not from Brooklyn originally, he has made it a second home, and I think He has, you know, ah the the Brooklyn fans have adopted Danny Garcia as a Brooklyn fighter, even though he's not originally from Brooklyn.
00:04:59
Speaker
And the Barclays Center, I mean, this is no, like, this is no, you know, I don't even know what I'm trying to say, like, but it's no small venue. It's not a convention center. It's not a, it's not a, it's not part of a hotel.
00:05:13
Speaker
Yeah. It's not a little, it's not a casino hall. This is arena. This is where the Brooklyn Nets play. I remember going to Brooklyn Nets games a couple of years ago with my parents when I was younger and to see Danny Garcia now headlining here. And, and you can say not no disrespect to Danny here, but he is, this is the last fight of his career. It's not like he's in the, uh,
00:05:35
Speaker
that the the prime of his career. He's kind of nearing the end. And to shut to for him to be able to still put on this huge event, headlining at the Barclays Center, I think it it really speaks volumes to how he's established himself and how he's marketed himself in the sport. And yeah, I'm a I'll be flying out tomorrow, and man. i am looking I am very much looking forward to being in there for this legendary event at the Barclays Center. and To circle back on your question, picking the Barclays Center is a ah very important decision for Danny because it's his 10th time fighting there.
00:06:05
Speaker
That's record setting. And like I said, he's he's established himself as a ah a
Hall of Fame Debate
00:06:10
Speaker
big, big draw in the Brooklyn area. Nice. Where is he from? Just a sidebar. Where is he from originally? Philadelphia. Yeah, Philadelphia. Oh, he's from Philly? Okay. All right. All right.
00:06:21
Speaker
Club Redeed, do you have a question? Oh, yeah. Well, I would say, yeah, I'm absolutely, agree 100% with Danny. Helped all having 10 fights there. Him, it was always him. Broner, Tank, you know, always helped building the Barclays Center as ah as ah as a staple ah and in New York because everyone thinks of Madison Square Garden. But the fact that he chose there, he already has that fan base, like you mentioned. I think that's amazing for him, man.
00:06:44
Speaker
My question for you is, ah do you think, um looking at this card, this main card as it is, do you feel like we're going to get surprised by not the Dana Garcia fight being the fight the night?
00:06:58
Speaker
Is that question for me? Yeah, just a general for anybody, I guess. Okay, well, I'll take it i'll take it first, I guess. um Yeah, I mean, you said there are a ton of loaded fights on this card.
00:07:09
Speaker
Looking at it right now, Chris Colbert is a guy who's been in the spotlight since ah since his before his pro debut. He's been in multiple documentaries on boxing now, and he's fighting Blas, Blas, I don't even know how to pronounce his name, but he's not fighting a ah nobody. you know he's He's been out for after the...
Undercard Highlights
00:07:30
Speaker
When the fight takes place on Saturday, it's going to be just over a year that Chris Colbert has been out of the ring. You got Damian Kniever versus Joey Dweyko. Joey Dweyko, another guy who am he's kind of established himself, not in just the Brooklyn area, but the New York area, the East Coast c type of area. He's not a world-level heavyweight by any means, but he is what Joey Dweyko has built a reputation on.
00:07:53
Speaker
is going in there and giving prospects and up-and-coming contenders tough fights and really testing where they're at. And Damien Kniep was the The perfect guy for that 16-0. It looks like he's really starting to turn over that new leaf and you know graduate from a prospect to a contender. So this is now the test. You get the Joey DiWaico test. is Is Damian going to be able to pass the test of the the ah the tough veteran? And it's another talking point leading into that fight is can Damian stop Joey?
00:08:22
Speaker
I think there are a lot of – like Gabe Rosado is ah an example. He's ah you know maybe a higher level than Joey, but he's a guy who – is a is a test for contenders when they're kind of turning from contenders to world title challengers. and And if you can beat Gabe Rosado, it's a good thing. But if you can stop Gabe Rosado, you're on another level. And I think i think Joey DiWaico kind of serves a similar purpose in this Damien Kniem. Talking about Gabriel Rosado, he's back. he's a He's back on this card. 27-17 is his record, but I talked to him the other night, and he is he is fully sure of that fully sure of the point that record does not define him.
00:08:59
Speaker
And he's not just – he retired two years ago after that second Bectomir Malikuzia fight, and he had a comeback fight um a little over two months ago on a Marv Nation card. And he's made it clear that this comeback isn't just ah to to catch a couple couple more bucks. He you told me he is wanting to win a world title. So you got – to sum it up, you got a lot of guys on this card who are coming back and not just coming back to – to pick up a dollar. to They're coming back to really reestablish themselves on the ah the world boxing scene. So, yeah, I think if you had to ask me, I don't think Danny Garcia versus Daniel Gonzalez is going to be fight of the night. i
00:09:38
Speaker
Not that it's not going to be a great fight, but they're just it seems every fight on this card could be ah could end up being fight of the night. Gotcha, gotcha. ooh There you go. Josh? Hey, um yeah, so many things. So many things. First, congrats to Danny Garcia. Swift Garcia, you know, he's been doing it for a minute.
00:09:58
Speaker
And i remember even the early days, and I got behind him because I could just see that tenacity in him, and he really wanted it. That Philly fight style. I'll say that some you get up in terms of Danny himself playing.
00:10:13
Speaker
I think he's going to go down as a Philly legend for sure. you know and He's done this at the world stage. and Philadelphia, as a person who follows boxing history and really dives into it, I think that is the premier fighting town across the actual globe.
00:10:33
Speaker
If you had to pick one town where the greatest fighters in history have come from, I would say that it is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And I'd put that up against any city across the world.
00:10:47
Speaker
Across the world. And, of course, it's high-level competition, but Philly has had the greatest fighters, and make no mistake about it. That being said, in terms of the question in itself, it's sort of the fight that we're looking forward to that could be the one that stands out in some way and maybe even be the fight of the night. don't know that it will be the fight of the night because the young fighter involved,
00:11:11
Speaker
might dispatch of his opponent fairly early, but I wanted to make people aware of a fighter by the name of Quentin Williams, or Quincy Williams, rather. Quincy Williams from D.C.
00:11:25
Speaker
He used to over at Headbangers, and he ended up joining DSG Promotions there, working with Danny Garcia. He's been there for a good minute since he's turned pro, as a matter of fact. But there's a documentary out there called They Fight. I know ESPN had it at one point, and it's probably on some other platforms called They Fight.
00:11:43
Speaker
You get to kind of see the story of him as a youngster as he was coming up. He was on pro but art ah Team Combat League, actually. And he was an amateur at the time fighting on Team Combat League, which was kind of listed as semi-pro or whatever basically they have their own uh designation there on like the likes of box wreck but that being said he was on there as an amateur with no pro fights and he was dispatching of pros because he's made of that type of goods right there so
00:12:17
Speaker
Quincy Williams, holding it down from Washington, D.C. He's one of Danny's fighters. He's going to be on this card. I would say that he is a fighter to watch. And if you're talking about all of the intangibles and those credentials to get to that world,
00:12:33
Speaker
Championship status. I truly believe he has, though. So if you're not aware of tune in for sure. So that would be the fight that I am certainly looking forward to from both a personal and just from a fight fan standpoint, because I think that he realizes the magnitude of the actual fight situation and overall.
00:12:56
Speaker
And he's going to come through, show up and show out.
Co-Main Event Analysis
00:13:00
Speaker
nice Yeah, for me, I would have one one that's personal as well. ah He's fighting Damian Caniba, so it's probably, you know, and most people are going for the favorite there. But Vaughn Alexander, man, what a tough, tough fighter. That's my dude, man. I did an interview on him after he did how to fight a country box versus Mike Del Sando, and it was a tremendous fight. They went back and forth.
00:13:24
Speaker
um And, yeah, Vaughn Alexander is a fight I'm looking to because he's very, very tough. So, yeah. ah Josh, did you have a question?
00:13:34
Speaker
Oh, no, no, no. I didn't i actually click the button there, but yeah, we're good. But Von is legit for sure. Brother of Devin Alexander, if those who remember, 40-pound champion. Von Alexander is his brother, which is a crazy connection right there. Devin, that was my guy, man. He fought ah Tim Bradley. That was a good fight. he Yeah, he was up and coming back then.
00:13:57
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. OK, so let's get before we get into the actual fight. That was a great question, by the way, about the undercard and the storylines there. um Thinking about
Main Event Expectations
00:14:10
Speaker
Garcia's career as a whole.
00:14:13
Speaker
Right. um We know that, again, he's fought four times over the past five years, 37 and four record, 21 KOs, ah two time division champ, 140, 147. ah Tremendous career, fought plenty of great opponents, even if you want to say, you know, Laura was over the tooth at that point or not.
00:14:34
Speaker
um What would you say is your favorite fight ah that Denny Garcia had or favorite memory about him, whatever it is, before we get into the actual card?
00:14:49
Speaker
oh ah oh I'm looking through the ledger here. I mean, there have been ah so many. I might have to pick. It was ah it was a loss, but his fight him against Keith Thurman, that was a and was a bar that was a tremendous fight. and I never got to see that one live.
00:15:07
Speaker
I wasn't even really a boxing fan at that time, but that's a fight I always ah i always see myself going back into – and and watching. And you can pick the ah many tremendous knockouts ah Danny's had. You can pick the the Matisse fight, which is on the Canelo-Floyd undercard. But yeah there the Keith Thurman fight, even though Danny ah came up short, that was a ah that was a barn ah barn burner to say the least. and Yeah, I mean, it um to answer your question, I'd probably say the Keith Thurman fight. But I think ah we we with every question, you can really –
00:15:44
Speaker
um You can really explain and just understand how how legendary of a career Danny Garcia's had because I'm scrolling through his box track here. And I can really pick out any one of these fights. I can pick out the ah the Sean Porter fight. The the Spence fight was ah even though that happened in five years ago in 2019.
00:16:05
Speaker
you know Both men might not have been at their peak. That was it that was a great fight. He had that win against Jose Benavidez Jr. He had the Zab Judah fight, the Amir Khan fight. Danny Garcia, i mean i'm I'm looking through the ledger here. and man I'm just kind of reminding myself kind of a little how how much of a legend Danny Garcia is. and yeah I think with your question, I'd probably say the Keith Thurman fight, but man Danny has been in a ton of of of barn burners. and He's really deserving of this ah this last fight at the Barclays.
00:16:33
Speaker
Yeah, gentlemen, what are your thoughts on that? Either one can start. Well, I feel like ah like Danny Garcia, kind of like how Ian i mentioned, he's fought a who's who. You know what i'm saying? If I were to equate him to like the m mma's m MMA world, he'd be like a Max Holloway or a Dustin Poirier, somebody who's fought just about everybody throughout the years. And um it's it's wild that he fought Eric Morales twice. I mean... You think about how ah how long Amriles was in the game. But for me, I say when he took out Amir Khan, that was when I was like, yeah, he's serious. Like when he when he beat Amir Khan, because at that time, Amir Khan was the next Prince Asim Ahmed, you know, Pakistani by way of a London boxer or whatever, you know, coming over with a fast hand. So when he beat Amir Khan, that's when I became a real
00:17:19
Speaker
you know started following him. And then when he got that, up like Ian mentioned, a fight on the Mayweather Canelo undercard against Matisse, who nobody wanted to fight at the time, that also kind of propelled him as well. So, yeah, I'd say i'll go I'm good with Amir Khan. That's the fight that got me.
00:17:34
Speaker
Okay. Josh? So, for me, actually, I would say... Your microphone's out, I think. No, you hear me now?
00:17:45
Speaker
Oh, there it is. All right, all right, all right. Got it. So for me, actually, i don't hear I'm going to have to go with his series with the legend Eric El Terrible Morales. And this is Morales in his second stint as a professional, i guess you could say, because he because he had retired there for a short period.
00:18:07
Speaker
And then he came back. And um this was at 140 pounds. And this, of course, was where I think Danny Garcia was at his best, 140 pounds, and where he truly established himself himself And that series with Morales was pretty spectacular, given the sense that one can never know how a fighter will be coming out of retirement. But Morales proved to be very formidable, even at that sort of more advanced age. And he wasn't like super advanced. I believe he was in his mid-30s at that particular time.
00:18:40
Speaker
And we know him from the scraps that he had back in the day there, Pacquiao, Marcos, and Terry. Antonio Guerrero and all of that stuff. But that being said, I just thought that series was just a standout version for Danny Garcia and one that history will certainly remember just given the magnitude of Morales and Danny Garcia being tied to it right there. So that's the one or those two fights, I would say, are the ones in which think
00:19:11
Speaker
sort of recollect on and he dispatched of Morales actually stopped him, knocked him out in the second fight after the first fight was fairly close in an entertaining fight.
00:19:24
Speaker
Very nice. Yeah. And I actually saw an interview this week and I just came up in my mind about the interview. I remember he said that he believes that when he, after he retires, um he is a hall of famer. So gentlemen, really quick, we're going to play a game. I just made up in my head two seconds ago called knockout or knock down.
00:19:44
Speaker
Is it a knockout? He gets into the hall of fame or is he knocked down and does not get in? Ian, we'll start with you. Oh man. Um, I think Danny is a guy who's kind of right on the ah right on the edge. um Because I think, oh, man, I don't.
00:20:05
Speaker
I don't know. I think if we're talking about more and m MMA, UFC standards, i think danny's a ah I think Danny's a first ballot. Just like you ah said with Max Holloway, Dustin Poirier, Danny does kind of fit that fit that mold.
00:20:21
Speaker
I think if we were talking MMA, UFC, where they favor guys being in barn burners and just fighting everyone, I think he'd be first ballot in boxing. I think it's a little tougher because whether we like it or not, we favor more of a, ah you know, less losses, you know, even if you're not fighting all the top competition, if you're defending, defending titles over and over again, if you're conquering weight classes, Danny's conquered weight classes.
00:20:48
Speaker
I don't know. This one's, this one's tough for me. He's a, he's a, he's a, he's a two weight, world champion. You know what? i think i something I think Danny gets in. I think i think it's close, but I think Danny does get in, so going to give it a knockdown.
00:21:08
Speaker
Knockdown. Is it knockdown or knockout? It was knockout, but they're close, so I don't even fault you on that. He gets a knockout. Danny gets a knockout. I don't even fault you on that. I just made up the game, so I don't know. Josh, what do you think about that one?
00:21:22
Speaker
Very interesting. Very interesting. You know, and I thought he made some very great points there in mentioning him and kind of what he was able to do.
00:21:33
Speaker
And yes, certainly if you compare it to m MMA, yeah, he would be in first ballot, no doubt about it. um But the Hall of Fame is fantastic. as it's generally constructed at least in the bylaws and writings of such is meant for the absolute elite best of the absolute best and i think that if you look at this past era danny garcia most certainly is a standout especially at 140 pounds what he was able to do at 140 You could argue he overachieved in some sense. I remember when he came on and all that stuff. So I would say, yeah, he had a pretty stellar career, relatively speaking, when you think about kind of the norms of fighting here in modern times. But when I look at the greatest fighters in history from a historic standpoint,
00:22:25
Speaker
I can't put him in the Hall of Fame. I give him a knockdown because of the fact that I just feel like relative to the amount of fights that he had, if you weigh that up to the competition in itself, he has some good names on the resume.
00:22:42
Speaker
He has some good win, but he doesn't have that sort of standout mentality. that marquee type win in my opinion as far as what he's been able to do here in the sport.
00:22:53
Speaker
Amir Khan, damn good win. Of course, e Eric Morales in his second stint, damn good win, you know what I'm saying? But just from an overall standpoint, if I were recruit were to compare him with some of the Oldies, and you know, I love the oldies there at 140 pounds. It's a little bit different when you start to throw in guys like Barney Ross, ah Jimmy McLernan. You start to throw in others in and around that weight.
00:23:20
Speaker
The Henry Armstrongs of the world. Hammer and Hank, you know, I just think that he is outside of it. Now, I will digress and say that there are some individuals in the Hall of Fame who you could argue had less of a career than Danny Garcia. When you weigh the accolades versus the competition,
00:23:44
Speaker
So could he get in? Potentially. he could potentially get in. With that being said, i would have him outside of it as far as I'm concerned, you know, but hell of a career otherwise. And he, as I mentioned, will be a Philly legend for time as time goes on through and through.
00:24:06
Speaker
I'm surprised that the two-division champion ah did not sway you there. So me personally, as you know, Clubber being a Puerto Rican, i am biased on this vote here as I am voting him in. So I will stay out of this. I'll abstain and make you the the tiebreaker. What do you say?
00:24:27
Speaker
Well, first of all, I don't know what with wizardry is going on, but I can't hear Josh for nothing. I hear you two perfectly. Oh, yeah. I can't hear Josh. I can't hear him. don't know what's going on. But ah I will say this with Danny Garcia. Yes, two division. He said no, by the way. He said no.
00:24:42
Speaker
Okay. I got you. Okay, bet. I know Ian said yeah. And I agree with what you're saying Ian, with him. ah You know, was UFC standards, you know, surefire, Hall of Famer. My issue with Danny Garcia, yes, he fought a who's who.
00:24:56
Speaker
but I'm going to take it to an NFL point of view. Was he the best ever at his position, meaning weight class? Okay. When he fought the best, when he fought the Earl Spence, when he fought ah Keith Thurman, um you know, we're going to say the, whatever happened the Terrence Crawford was, you know, how PBC treated Terrence Crawford, but when he fought the the big dogs at the weight class, we saw what happened.
00:25:18
Speaker
um I'm a big Danny Garcia fan. And, you know, he lost to Thurman and he lost to Spence in those fights. Yeah. And then his last fight, Ersalan Elora, he lost that fight. And Elora hadn't fought since 1987 and still beat him. and Laura might be 87 years old, but you know ah it is what it is. So fighting well.
00:25:37
Speaker
um Would I say he's a Hall of Famer? First ballot, no. ah He would be one of the people that would get in ah when his hair is very gray or bald. Because he's he wouldn't get in the first, second, or third go around. I think he will get in eventually.
00:25:51
Speaker
But I don't think he's a surefire Hall of Famer. He's on the tee. He's right there. So I'm unfortunately going to say and news Oh, all right. So two no's and two yes's and a little bit of a bias on my yes, but I still take it anyways. I think a two i think the two division weight champion, ah you know, um I tried to look up how many of there were in history. They had three and four, but they didn't have a, I mean, but I would try to look for a specific number. Anyways, I think that that's a nice.
00:26:23
Speaker
i'm my bad I'm just saying like, I think he'll get in, but if we're saying like first ballot, no, he'll get, I think he'll get in though. But if we're saying just first ballot now, Our brother Skywalker Boxing Media, y'all tap in with them. He couldn't join the stream.
00:26:37
Speaker
ah But he comments that, and for some reason they're not letting him comment on millions, but he says that his uncle made the Hall of Fame and had less credentials than Garcia. So there you go.
00:26:49
Speaker
I don't know who his uncle is. Well, i will what I will say to that is you look at the level of competition, the time frame, and, of course, the sport is little bit different now. compared to what it was in the 80s you know and that tends to be the case as you go further and further back which when i go further and further back to the very early days early the 1920s yeah hell even the can go back to the realistically speaking
00:27:17
Speaker
like What I will say is we're in the sport is almost different just in terms of the way it's competed. But also, you got to think about it from the standpoint we're now in the four bill era. So Danny Garcia has competed in a four bill era. So when we think world champion, it's world champion in the four built era You know, go in that case, you can win one title in each division and you'll be a multidivision champion. It's a lot easier. As opposed to back in the day where there was only one championship, an undisputed championship, and you had to get that.
00:27:55
Speaker
And certainly if you were able to pick up that title, able win. then you beat the man that beat the man from a lineal perspective you know so that's what i'll throw out there as well but danny garcia hell of a career as mentioned Okay. I thought that would be a fun question because just thought of it out of the top. I have to remember the interview. That was a good question.
00:28:16
Speaker
So, uh-oh, now you sound like you're in a cave, my brother. So, yeah. So, anyways, we' just mute yourself for now, and we'll keep it moving. So, anyways, Ian, all right. Well, hey, as we talked about, it's a legendary career – not legendary, but it's a legacy of a career that bark place center in Brooklyn.
00:28:36
Speaker
As you mentioned, 10 fights, seven and two in the nine fight and ten fight come up seven and two in the nine fights he's been there. We will talk about that last, everybody. We just want to get into a few other of the undercard fights before we move into that main event.
00:28:52
Speaker
Just want to get to some comments here. Again, y'all make sure you tap in with everybody. at Ball and Buds, B-A-L-L-A-N-D-B-U-D-S, 86 Boxing, Clubber D, and Top Boxing News on Instagram. That's top.boxingnews on Instagram. Hit that like button if you're watching on YouTube as well. yeah, Skywalker is leaving some comments. He caught Matt Morales at the tail end of his career. I want to apologize. That's who I met earlier when Olden the Tooth was Morales, not Lara.
00:29:20
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Anyways, ah he says he had 50 fights when they fought, kind of like passing the torch moment. Danny got a decent resume. um new ah But he said his uncle might have had tougher competition in Arguillo Mancini Limon, which is a tremendous name. I'm just going to love that. Yeah, your uncle scales there, Skywalker. Come on, man.
00:29:43
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um Ah, let's go. All right, let's talk about this fight, brothers. Don't want to keep Ian too late here. Uh-oh, did we get a bell ring? i like it. All right, so first fight that we want to talk about on this card is Rez, I think it's Rezhatmari, or Rezhatmari.
00:30:00
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15-0 undefeated, 8 KOs versus Jose Angulo. ah Reminds me of Denise Angulo. Shout out, 16-10, 9 KOs. oh We'll start with you, Ian, as the special guest.
00:30:13
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How do you feel about this fight? Rashad Mahdi is a guy I've been following for ah for a long time. He was featured in ah a YouTube documentary when he was he was younger, basically. he He's been a prodigy all his all his life. and who I don't know if he was officially signed, but he had a lot of fights under the ah under the Matchroom banner recently, but he's taken some time out of the ring. He fought and he fought in March of 2024, and that was his last fight. It was before that in...
00:30:43
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and Before that, it was June of 2023. So Rashad Mahdi has not been as active as he as he has wanted to be. And I don't know the the specific reasoning for for that inactivity. but But I can tell you when Rashad Mahdi is an active, focused fighter, he seriously could could make his way into a world title challenger that...
00:31:05
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who One of the champs, Lewis Crocker, Rashad Mati, has been calling for in his social media. And, yeah, I think this is just kind of a a sleeper fight on the undercard. Maybe not even a sleeper fight, but a sleeper fighter in Rashad Mati.
00:31:20
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I think he's back, and I think he's back with a serious focus. And I think fans should tune in early to catch Rashad Mati because I think he he could ah he could really in a couple years mold himself into a potential world title challenger.
00:31:37
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You're muted there. Yeah, youre I think you're muted. Yeah, I can't.
00:31:46
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thought he was acting up on me again. All right. Can hear me now? Yep. All right, cool. So anyways, as I was trying to say, um I really love his nickname. Y'all get ready for this.
00:31:59
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The Albanian Bear. All right. That is just a tremendous nickname. He's 27 years old, so he's still young. Clever, you say used to call yourself a bear back in the day. How do you feel about this fight?
00:32:10
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Yeah, they used call me um the Silverback Johnson Bear back in the day in 1987, back when I hit a hairline. That's another story. I'm kidding. Yeah, I'm going i'm going to – I forgot his name. I'm going with the albino bear on this one. It's part of my theme on this card.
00:32:27
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It's ah either either come back or retire, and he's going on that comeback a knockout streak. He's going to start this fight. There you go. Josh, what are your thoughts? So for me, I think that ultimately, Motti, I favor him, of course. He likely will get a decision. If I had to pick a choice, I would say decision.
00:32:49
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And Angulo, I think a number of us have probably seen him in contests, but he's the type of guy you beat to show that, okay, I'm ready for that next level. you know And I think that's going to be the case here with Motti.
00:33:04
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and he's going advance to that next level. And I look forward to seeing him in the future. Promising for sure.
00:33:12
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Yeah, definitely. I would agree with you. I think it's going to be a majority decision, uh, in this contest, but it is, he's not a, he's not, not a tough fighter. He is a tough fighter. So it's, it's like you said, one of those gateway type of fights.
00:33:25
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right, cool. We'll move it on, uh, to the next one. And, uh, we'll start with you on this one, Josh. Uh, Joey Daweco, and I know I'm going to save Ian for last because he has a lot on both of these fighters. 28-13-4 versus Chris Colbert, 17-3. What are your thoughts on this fight, Josh?
00:33:45
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Might be a little different there because Daweco is a heavyweight, so he's taking on Kameba, or Koneba, actually. Did I get that wrong? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. um So he's taking I'm sorry, Blascaro. Blascaro. I'm sorry. Blascaro. I apologize.
00:34:03
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oh yeah Yeah, you're right. I apologize. Yeah, start with the Chris Colbert fight. I apologize. i'll get I was looking at the back. no what Okay, gotcha. Yeah, I think Chris Colbert should get this one. Chris Colbert, very, very promising fighter. You've probably seen him.
00:34:17
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He's pretty colorful. His hair is colorful as well when he steps in the ring. He's fundamentally pretty sound, you know. Pretty dang sound just from an overall perspective. He has a decent amateur pedigree to go along with it.
00:34:31
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And he has the gift of the gap to a certain degree as well with his mouth there. And he kind of spoke some potential feature fights at a particular point.
00:34:45
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He's kind of spoke of them prior to actually kind of looking into who he was facing at that particular time. And he had a couple of setbacks. But that being said, I will say he has heart.
00:34:58
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He is a determined fighter, and he hasn't let him hasn't let it hold him down. You know what I'm saying? So losses, they can mean different things, but certainly they're not the end of the world. And I view him as one of those type of fighters, despite whatever losses he has or whatnot.
00:35:15
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He seems to be intent on continuing to try and get better, try advance in his career. And he's one of those guys that I could see potentially somewhere down the line in the future. he could potentially end up in a title shot.
00:35:30
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It's some capacity because I think that the type of fights that he has taken at a fairly early stage as far as fights in totality, I think he's He's taken on some pretty solid overall fights against some pretty good competition.
00:35:45
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I think he will win this one. I think we'll continue to see Chris Colbert, and I hope that he can continue to press forward, keep things together, because a loss doesn't define you. He can be one of the prime examples. A loss doesn't define your career.
00:35:59
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you know You look at some of the greats from the past. They lost. It doesn't mean anything when you look at it from a more total scale, right? If you look at it granularly, you can make some comparison. But when look at the full scale of a career, you can bounce back. You can continue to do your thing. Maybe it wasn't your day.
00:36:18
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And that's what I think of Chris Colbert. And I think that he seems to have that mentality of a guy he hasn't given in. So he's going to continue to press forward. And I wish him the best with what he does. And I think he gets this victory.
00:36:33
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Yeah, you know, as a a person that is a great, I have to say sometimes under the bright lights, even I fumble the ball. Josh, you know, and even in this media game, we make mistakes.
00:36:45
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And looking at my notes, I was a little backwards. We got Ian over here looking at me like, what kind of boxing card am I looking at? Because that's not the right boxing card. So even even even the best make mistakes in those bright lights, Clubber Give us your thoughts on this fight.
00:36:58
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Well, I'll say this about Chris Cobra. He's coming off two losses, and one was that knockout by – Yeah, it was that was was rough. But, ah you know, he's fighting at home in BK, so definitely had that going for him. You know, I thought he going fight Gary Russell when he was going back and forth that one time. But if you guys who don't haven't seen Chris Cobra before, like mentioned before, he has the blonde hair. He is a terrible fade away from looking like Wesley Snatch from Demolition Man.
00:37:22
Speaker
But I think he's going to bounce back. I think he's going to win. I think this is going to be him catapulting his career and getting ah back on the right path. He's fighting at home. He likes the bright lights. He's a well-endorsed fighter. has great story.
00:37:35
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um Now it's time. You had your downfall or your shortcomings. Now it's time to bounce back and and have a great career from that. So I got Cobra in this one. There you go. Hey, Ian, look, they call him prime time. I know you got some stuff on him, but I want to talk about his opponent a little bit. He is a tough Argentine, enters with momentum, having defeated Gabriel Morales twice in 2024, looking to make a a statement against Colbert. do you think about this fight? hello Yeah, like you just said, the ah the opponent...
00:38:05
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Blaz Caro, he's no pushover. He's 12-8, only been stopped three times in those eight losses. And, yeah, coming off a ah some some good performances against some good fighters. Gabriel Morales, you mentioned you picked up a split decision win against him. But circling back to Chris Colbert, like I said earlier, this is a guy who's been on the been on the big stage and since his career started. He actually made his pro debut at the Barclays Center. And now this will be – Full circle moment now. This looks is going to be his is now fifth fight at the Barclays Center. So we've been talking about Danny Garcia having a lot of fights here in Brooklyn at the Barclays. But Chris Colbert as well. This is kind of a second home to him. It's a second home to him. And, yeah, he had the he was really he was really looking good. He he beat Jaime Overlada. He beat a guy can't really pronounce his name. then he fought Hector Luis Garcia. I believe it was for a WBA regular
00:38:59
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title and He fought Hector Luis Garcia, and he got surprisingly beat at that time. and he He got beat pretty handily. He dropped en route to a ah pretty wide decision loss.
00:39:10
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Then he fought Jose Valenzuela, and I'm just being honest with you here. I thought he pretty clearly... lost that fight. But he he gets the win, and then he he boldly rematches ah Valenzuela. That's something he didn't have to do in that position. a lot of guys, when they get a ah ah controversial decision, to say the least, against a ah ah guy's a dangerous guy, they won't go back and fight him again. But credit to Chris Colbert.
00:39:35
Speaker
He went back and fought him ah later that year. As we mentioned, takes the takes a pretty brutal knockout loss there. And then he fights Omar Salcedo on Pro Box in the in the end of 2024 and ah picks up a loss there. So Chris Goldberg doesn't lack talent. I think in the past he's lacked focus. And I got to talk to him a couple weeks ago, and he said that this ah this resurgence is – he's a new version of himself.
00:40:01
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So I think this fight against Blaskaro –
00:40:06
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I think it'll really show if he's being truthful. I think it will really show if Chris Colbert is you know a shell of what he once was and if it's time for him to hang it up or if he's really back and if he can really contend in ah in whatever weight class he chooses to contend in. so be That's why I think you should tune into this fight because it's not only a ah ah good stylistic clash, but it's ah it's a real do-or-die, win-or-go-home moment for Chris Colbert.
00:40:33
Speaker
Wow. Yeah, no, that's great. I love all the insider information. We're going to have bring you all the ball and buds. I love this. mom this man This man talks to every boxer. And you need to meet Skywalker, too, because y'all would have a networking bonanza.
00:40:45
Speaker
um Anyways, all right. Yeah, ah thank you for that great astute analysis. Let's move it into the next fight. Damian Knieba versus Joey DiWico. Clubber D, start us off here.
00:40:57
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Well, Joey Deweyka, he's coming off two losses. um i think he i think it was the ESPN fight against Richard Torres Jr. where he kept just so he got disqualified, kept spitting his mouthpiece out. oh yeah that's That's him if people remember that fight. And I feel like this fight is going to be a ah I know in MMA, when we're doing an MMA show, I call like ah ah what's Kevin Holland, a gatekeeper at times, the guy who's painting a fence, waiting for someone a contender to beat him and then make that next step in in their career.
00:41:28
Speaker
That's what Joey is right now. Knieba, he's 16-0. He's tall with six seven got this is going to be i think ah for me this is the showcase fight on the main card for this heavyweight to show that he deserves to take that next step into ah competition heavyweight. So I don't think this fight's going to pass three rounds, maybe, maybe four. We'll see. But ah yeah, it's going to be a fight for air everybody to watch to kind of showcase Kadeva's talents.
00:41:57
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Yeah, Ian, I know you've got a lot to give to the audience on this one. Just to let everybody know, though, looking at their tapology records, um it looks like obviously six years Damian Knieva has on Joey Diwico, but also is hot ah a lot taller than them and has a bigger reach than um as well, larger reach as well. So what do you got on this?
00:42:19
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No, yeah. Damien Knieva, he's a giant. i Actually, funny story. I don't remember how long it was. I think it was in November of last year. I was at the Turning Stone for a fight, and I was there with some of my friends, and they were up in the room, and I was just kind of around. It was a casino resort, and I was just kind of roaming around see if I could see anybody.
00:42:40
Speaker
And Damien Knieva got there, and I literally took a picture and sent it to him saying, this guy is is a giant. I mean, He's listed as what, 6'7"?
00:42:50
Speaker
yeah he might He might be taller than that. like Seriously. i've I've been up close and personal with Damian a couple times. I went to a media workout at his gym back in ah back in February.
00:43:02
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and and Not only is he a ah big, tall guy, he he he not He didn't run that gym, but he he carries a a sort of aura around him. that he is He is confident in his abilities. he is He's the guy when he enters the room. and I've been to some of his fights. and No matter where his fights are, he brings a big, big Polish audience to...
00:43:23
Speaker
to wherever he's fighting. So Danny Garcia is going to be packing the house at the Barclays, but don't be surprised if you see a lot of red and white flags in the audience during this fight. Because Damien, he brings a big crowd. and I don't remember where I saw this, um but it it was ah ah couple months back. I saw something that said he, I think he lives, I don't know if it's for sure a trailer, but To say the least, he doesn't – he's – you know, people say in boxing you get a little comfortable sleeping on the the silk sheets. Damien doesn't sleep on – he doesn't sleep on the silk sheets. he's a
00:43:59
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He's a guy that's willing to go go through the trenches to get to where he needs to be. And, yeah, I think – Over watching Damien's last couple fights, the progression has gone from, like, here to here.
00:44:10
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um yeah A couple fights – five fights ago, he was fighting a guy by the name of Helaman Ogwin, who's 9-5-1. He then fights Michael Coffey, who's 13-4. Then Richard Larnie, who's 16-6.
00:44:23
Speaker
Then Andres Wardrick, don't know if I'm pronouncing that right, who is 34-4. And then an undefeated 25-0 Polish fighter. So Damian is climbing and climbing and climbing. He's climbing the ranks fast. I think he's officially graduated from ah from prospect to contender.
00:44:38
Speaker
And, yeah, this fight against Joey Duwako, Joey's a tough guy. um And if Damian, I think a big talking point in this fight is, I think Damian's going to be expected to win. he's ah He's much bigger. I think Damian could, if you wanted to, say on the outside and,
00:44:52
Speaker
stick a jab in ah an occasional right-handed Joey's face and facing win the decision. But I think a big – something I'm going to be looking for in this fight is can get Damien and stop Joey? And I think if he if he can stop Joey, he has really announced himself as one of the best out-and-coming contenders in the heavyweight division.
00:45:12
Speaker
Nice. Yeah, no, I mean, i look, first of all, the first guy you named that he beat in those five last fighters, his nickname better be the Gila Monster, because that would have been too too easy if he even he would have been messed up if he passed that up.
00:45:29
Speaker
Second of all, I was scared to say his height because I was like 6'7". That can't be right. And I know Topology got me a couple times on some streams with some wrong stuff. So that's why I was like, oh, he' he's just a lot taller than Josh.
00:45:44
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Josh, what you got on this one? No, hey, I can't really strike far from what both men just stated right there. He even knocked out Curtis Harper, who's fairly durable. Ooh, the Curtis Harper. Yeah, Joey DiJaco, he is, I would say, the definition of a journeyman, and it should be a test for Keneba, but I think this is a test that he will pass because so many things are on the side of Keneba.
00:46:10
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And Joey's not a guy that you just stop easily. You know what I'm saying? But I can see it being a stoppage. You know, if I had to go any type of route, I think it will be that. I think Knieba will realize the stage that he's on. Barclays center, Brunton center, in a sense, Danny Garcia's last fight.
00:46:30
Speaker
So I'm going to go Knieba as well for all the reasons that these gentlemen just stated. Yeah, I mean, I wish, and that's one thing they need to get on millions, hopefully they hear me, but the ability to so to share a screen.
00:46:44
Speaker
Because if you have the ability to look at this guy, he's fighting. My God, this Joey DeWitt looks like ah a hulking bulldog. he's just like he's ah He's shorter, but he's just like, I went to BKFC event and he looked like somebody that would be fighting at BKFC. He looked like I could see him. Yeah! And he did, actually. He had that fight there and he lost. Yeah, it's a little different, though. That BKFC, definitely different.
00:47:09
Speaker
I ain't messing with no dudes whose nickname is Tank, okay? That's just not something that's going to be happening. um Also, i wish because I wish I could show you Blast Caro. You'll have to check out his topology later. But Cruella DeVille comes to mind. So just look at that later. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:47:25
Speaker
Yeah. All right, cool. Let's move it into the next fight. Gabriel Rosado. ah We got going up against my personal favorite in this car, Von Alexander.
00:47:38
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Gabriel Rosado is 27-17 and one. Vaughn Alexander 19, 16, and 2. So it's not like we got undefeated fighters here. These fighters are coming to just throw hands, Josh.
00:47:51
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The King, Rossano versus the Animal, Alexander. Who you got in this matchup? I got Gabe Rosado, of course. I like Gabe. I think he's battle-tested for sure. Both of these guys, really, if you look at it, as I had noted a bit earlier, Alexander, he is Wavon Alexander. He's the brother of, i believe, the older brother of Devin Alexander.
00:48:17
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former 140 pound champion and he's still fighting. But that being said, Von Alexander, he started out pretty good and he just run into some tough competition at these different levels.
00:48:31
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And if you look at it from that standpoint, it's going to lean towards Gabe Rosado, though Von has been fighting at a higher weight than Gabe over the course of his career.
00:48:43
Speaker
uh that being said i think that gabe has enough of the competition and if i would or look at it from a skill set standpoint he has a better skill set and of course gabe is a philly fighter the premier fighting town in the history of boxing so i'm going with my man gabe i remember when he made this comeback i wasn't sure if it would be temporary or what But it looks like he's really looking to do some things.
00:49:09
Speaker
And, man, I just like Gabe Rosado, man. Tough, battle-tested, a true throwback fighter in that sense, especially if you look at the history of sport. Don't let the record in itself fool you because, hey, you can get – Your apple cart upset in some sense, as we saw with Bectamir the bully when Gabe knocked him out with a one-punch knockout right there when nobody was expecting that. And I think that's the definition of Gabe Rosado, a guy who can get it done when you least expect it.
00:49:40
Speaker
And true veteran of the fort, I think he'll go down as a Philly legend as well just because of the competition he's been in with. So I'm going with Gabe. Sure. and And look, he's a fan favorite known for fighting anywhere. You knock mentioned the legendary knockout and you mentioned that records can't fool you.
00:49:58
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So I want to give you some insider information as Ian has been blessing us as i interviewed Vaughn Alexander. Vaughn Alexander had hit a little bit of a time in his career where he needed to take some time off from boxing.
00:50:12
Speaker
So that kind of set him back in who he was going to fight in competition. He had to come back and start fighting advanced competition in a very quick manner or if he wanted to get anywhere. He's 39 now.
00:50:23
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And so he started taking on the toughest competition on a ah long layoff. So I want to give my man some credit in in that. And, hey, we have the two-division team. two-division world champion brother.
00:50:36
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ah you know I'm going to go with my man. I'm a little biased on this, but I'm gonna say Vaughn Alexander somehow pulls out the win. Ian, what you got on this one? um Yeah. Originally looking at this, I kind of thought Gabe was just back to fighters never really stay retired. They get the itch.
00:50:56
Speaker
Fighting is what they've done their entire life. So So they want to come back because it fills the void. But talking to Gabe the other night, it really made me seem like he's not here to he's not here to play around. He he wants to you know come back and and and shake up the sport.
00:51:11
Speaker
So that got that got me really excited for this one. and Like you just said, Vaughn Alexander, he is no pushover at all. Vaughn Alexander, he's a He's the guy that's always going to go in there and put up a great fight, rarely gets stopped. and Yeah, I think this is a ah this is ah ah test between two guys who have served as – with all due respect, somewhat gatekeepers. They, you know, guys who test the ah the up and the up and coming generations. And I think we'll we'll see who's ah ready to, you know, graduate from that gatekeeper to, ah to ah you know, pursue some titles of their own. And, yeah, I think this is ah this is an intriguing fight. And, yeah, I think it's – earlier we talked about what can be fight of the night. And I might lean towards this one if we had if we had to pick one.
00:51:59
Speaker
Clever d I mean, i yeah, I i see. We really got to get E on with this. He knows this stuff a lot. um But you know all about gatekeepers. I know you like to you like to rail on them sometimes. What are your thoughts on this fight?
00:52:12
Speaker
Well, like I mentioned before we got on, this Gabe, you know, he wants to fight. He's not scared to fight anybody. hell He will fight anybody. i saw him fight a crackhead last week. But anyways, um he was made for the UFC. Like his style, the way he is, he reminds me.
00:52:28
Speaker
He's like a probably same age or a little older, younger, Diaz brothers. He he reminds me of them. and He has a scar tissue on his face when he fights as well, like when he fought ah ah Triple G, you know, that side cuts of the cut.
00:52:41
Speaker
um With that being said, you know, his record, yes, it is 26 and 17 or whatever. And you look at Vaughn Alexander, he's 19 and 16. So people who or don't really watch the sport will think, why would somebody care about this fight? Why would somebody worry about it? You know, but...
00:52:55
Speaker
right for for true people that yeah exactly 100 and and for people that are that i like the sport this is a fight that we wouldn't mind seeing because we know what's going to happen this is literally put a tire put your one foot in and and don't st your get your foot out the tire we're getting non-stop don't see them going to the ropes that's going be right in the middle it's going to all action um what What that means, I mean, both of them are coming off four losses.
00:53:18
Speaker
I know the inactivity on both of them. This is similar to Battle of the Unks because, you know, 39 and 38. Battle of the Unks! ah oh mar you yeah you' going I know you you got the relationship with Vaughn, but you're going against your Buda Rico brethren and Gabe Rosado. But, you know, it it is what it is I'm going to go. I'm leaning towards Gabe Rosado on this one.
00:53:40
Speaker
oh book He just has a little bit more experience. ah But i I will do a club or D caveat and won't be shocked if Vaughn Alexander wins it. But I'm going. Yeah, and i'm go to I got a caveat right now because Topology, thanks a lot for not letting me know Rosado was Puerto Rican.
00:53:57
Speaker
I can't just assume that by that last name. got the American flag. How am I supposed to just assume that? Now I want to go back and pick Rosado. But now I can't because already went with my man. And he was in Creed, you know. like killed oldreed So, you know, he's an actor, too.
00:54:12
Speaker
That is great. That is tremendous. All right, cool. We got three more fights. We got the no coquito for you. said I can't wait till Christmas.
00:54:23
Speaker
um We got ah three more fights because the the professor sports professor is putting one in himself, and this one is it. Matthew Gonzalez, 15-1-1 versus, wow. Wilfredo Flores, 12-5-1.
00:54:35
Speaker
twelve five and one ah Look, again, older fighters here, um but i I appreciate both of these fighters. Are there any thoughts on this fight for me? You don't have to. I'm just asking.
00:54:48
Speaker
Look, make sure let me see if I know these cats. I know we didn't talk about. Okay. All right. I figured, hey, they their records look good, and I heard DeFlores name plenty of times, and I figured, hey, maybe maybe we'll talk about these guys, but we do not have to. So, Ian, you got anything?
00:55:08
Speaker
No, I'm taking a look at the box wrecks right now, and 15-1-1 versus 12-5-1 makes for ah probably to be an entertaining fight. So, yeah, just a credit to Swift Promotions. therere ah You know, it's not a 15-1-1 guy against a, ah you know, one one and one guy. So it's showing that ah even though the guys might not be as known, that they're still matching guys up and looking to put on good fights. So that's good. Mm-hmm.
00:55:34
Speaker
but You know what? I appreciate i appreciate you picking me up there. That's like baseball where you you make the out and your brother picks you up in the next inning. That's how that went right there. I just threw it out there to see. ah but let's get into the co-main and main event of the evening.
00:55:48
Speaker
Farewell to Brooklyn. This is going to be an amazing, awesome card. That is why. We have Ian from Top.BoxingNews on EIG. Please make sure you tap in with him, as well as 86 Boxing, as well as Clubber D and Ball and Buds.
00:56:05
Speaker
um Make sure you tap in with everybody here. Let's get into the co-main event. Richard Comey, 31-5-1. Nahir Albright, 17-2. Clubber D, we're going to start with you on this one. Nahir Albright is ah nine years younger.
00:56:21
Speaker
than Comey. What do you got on this fight? Well, I'm going to keep this one short and sweet. You got Albright who fought Keyshawn Davis, but the fight guy became a no contest because of the 420 festivity.
00:56:34
Speaker
ah festivity Keon Davis. Keishon had, it you know, and then when he fought his brother, Kelvin, it was Kelvin, right? Kelvin Davis. Yeah, that's right. on didn't fall coelvin so he fought Keishon first, but that was a no contest because of the activity, recreational things that were in Keishon's body.
00:56:55
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And then then he fought Kelvin when it was supposed Keishon's homecoming in Norfolk when he was going to, you know, defend the belt. Yeah. And unfortunately, we saw what happened. ah Albright won. And then backstage, there's an altercation. So this is his first fight since that happened. happened about probably four months ago. Got a notebook, a Philly fighter. And then you got Richard Comey, who's fought just about everybody from Lomo to Tiafimo to Robert Easter Jr. He's fought just about who's who.
00:57:18
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But, you know, he's 38 years old. So you got 38, like Omar mentioned, against 29.
00:57:25
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I'm 100% going with Albright. He's going to ride that wave that he got from the ah the the Davis fight and then situation after that fight. And now he's gonna I think he's going to propel his career and move forward. And I might you know end up in a rematch against Keyshawn. They can build that up.
00:57:41
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But I'm going with Albright. Yeah, Comey's a really tough fighter. But obviously they're putting Albright in there, Ian, as at 17-2, hoping that he can ah get the victory here. What are your thoughts on this?
00:57:54
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Yeah, this fight was originally supposed to be Richard Comey versus Ashton Silve, who's a more of a more of a a younger, up-and-coming.
00:58:06
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You know, not that Nahir Albright is not a ah good, solid fighter, but Ashton Silve was supposed to fight Richard Comey, and I think what was supposed to be more of a put-on against ah a former champ who's now over the hill, Ashton Silve gets pulled out, undisclosed reasoned.
00:58:22
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But Albright kind of gets to the ah kind of gets to the spot that Ashton Silva had now. where i don't if if If Ashton Silva wasn't already in the in the spot to fight um um or in the spot to fight Comey, I don't think Nahir Albright would be fighting Richard Comey. So he kind of got gifted into a fight against a former champion, which if he wins could set him up for some big some ah some big fights. Beating Richard Comey is no, it's a, you know,
00:58:51
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it's It's no easy task. And if Albright is successful, which I think he will be, he's riding a good wave after the ah the Kelvin Davis win and he picked up some some team combat league experience as well since then. I think if Naheer Albright picks up a picks up a win here, he really found himself into ah into a situation where he could really start ah making his way up the rankings and maybe – Starting to you know make his way towards a potential title shot. But this is another one of those fights where Naheer Albright is riding the wave of beating Kelvin Davis. these more
00:59:29
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He's more on the ah on the up and up. But Richard Comey, like if we're trying to... you know make ah make a, make make a visual here. Nahir Albright's down here and he's, he's on the up and Richard Comey's right here and he's on the down. So they're kind of meeting right there in a, right there in the center. And that always going to make for a, for a good fight. And I'm probably going pick a Nahir Albright, but this is, it's going to be a good fight and the winner does propel themselves into some big fights.
00:59:55
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Yeah, you're right. Albright, the 29-year-old, did beat Kevin Davis for that WBC belt. um So he had a the regional one, at least. So he had a little bit of a win there. But Richard Comey, like you mentioned, no slouch, former IBF and lightweight champion from ah you know from Ghana.
01:00:11
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He has battled Lomachenko, Tiafimo, Jose Ramirez, among many, many others. And he's... Following an August TKO win over William Jackson. Josh, what are your thoughts on this fight?
01:00:27
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I love Richard Comey's style, as a matter of fact. If you're able to beat him, then that says something about you right there. I like Naheer Albright as well. I mean, if you went and looked at it from a fundamental standpoint, you'd probably lean in the direction of Naheer Albright.
01:00:44
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And I can give you that. um you know and I was just thinking about this now. I hadn't made any pick or decision on things, but I feel like One thing I like about Comey is that he brings it every fight. And you can see he has the determination and that want in him.
01:01:01
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I'm going to go against the grain slightly, and I'm going to go with Richard Comey to pull off this victory because I think that he he at least should know that this is potentially his very last opportunity, at least at a top level.
01:01:16
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And I do agree with what you all mentioned there. And Ian, what you mentioned in terms if you look at trajectories, Albright is a little bit down, a little bit downward here. And Comey is a little bit up, but they're both kind of headed for a collision course. And maybe it's the right time.
01:01:31
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So that's why it's unpredictable because it could be that time where Richard Comey, he no longer has the ability to take that type of punch or whatever it could be, especially at that age. I'm going to go with Richard Comey. I'm taking the veteran experience and I'm taking the,
01:01:48
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more battle-tested fighter from ah career totality. That being said, to hear Albright, I mean, he's no slouch, and he's been in with some pretty top-level competition himself, you know, and yeah, it's a tough one right there.
01:02:02
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Almost 50-50 in some sense, you know. I'm going to go Comey, but I respect the choices of others who went with Albright. Man, I'm with you, Josh, and you know we always kind of somehow interlink on some of these fights here that are kind of main events and go main events.
01:02:21
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I agree. the Like I said, all the battles he's been in, I'm going to merge your and Ian's arguments together or you know, talking points together.
01:02:32
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If they're on that trajectory, and I'm a math nerd, so if they're on that trajectory, and you're telling me that one fighter has a lot more experience, the other fighter who's younger has suffered other setbacks, I'm going to take the more experienced fighter at this point.
01:02:47
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So I'm going with you, Comey, win this fight, and I'm to say Albright gets cocky and gets knocked out, and I don't know that for while. because I don't know how many of my kids get knocked out because I don't have a KO percentage in front of me.
01:02:59
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um i please could use the The reason was i I usually like to use Box Live, but they didn't have the full the full card. box or Tapology did, but Tapology don't always give you all the information for every fight. So anyways, neither here nor there.
01:03:14
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that's ah That's my decision. Comey is going to win this fight. All right, let's move it into the main event and get everybody out of here. We've less than 10 minutes here. Got to get air everybody gone for the night. Danny Garcia. This is the whole reason we're here, y'all.
01:03:29
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Promoting that fight. Farewell to Brooklyn. Danny Garcia coming back as for his last fight um there in Brooklyn. Are you promoting the code, Ian, with your ah with your code or anything?
01:03:42
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Yeah. code Code green. G-R-E-N-E. There you go. Bye with the code. Bye with the promo code GREEN. That is our special guest, so please use his combook promo card. at His last name is there on the screen. All right, cool.
01:03:57
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Let's move it in. Again, Garcia, 21 KOs. We talked about the relative inactivity over the past few years. He's going up against Daniel Gonzalez here, fighter of the Dannys, so to say. 22-4-1, 7 KOs. This is 10-round junior middleweight match.
01:04:16
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round junior middle way tilt um ian you are the special guest on this show we are going to start with you what do you think about this huge main event Yeah, you just said it. It's a huge main event. And since the first press conference, dave they've built it up very well. I'm not going to say it's some Floyd-Pacquiao rivalry, but these guys have a little bit of a little bit of a disdain for each other. And and there's no love lost.
01:04:44
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him And, yeah, I think i think it's going to be a good fight. um They've built it well. They've hyped it up well. But I do think it's a – It's a, uh, it's a, it's, they picked a good opponent it for, for Danny Garcia's, uh, farewell fight. I think this is really serving as a, uh, as a, as a, as a, final walk across the red carpet for Danny Garcia, a final showing of what, what, what he can do. And maybe even we talked about it earlier, maybe even a, uh,
01:05:12
Speaker
A final um ah final push to the ah to to stake his claim for the Hall of Fame. But yeah, it's ah it's it's not even just style-wise. It's a legendary main event because it's Danny Garcia's tent fight at the Barclays. And yeah, I think it's... ah it's It's the perfect top to a ah to ah to a legendary swift promotions card. They're they're coming out into the sport.
01:05:37
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I think it's great that Danny Garcia is headlining. and If you want my final prediction for the fight, I think we're going get a ah ah pretty vintage Danny Garcia performance here. and I think he he might just pull off one of his signature KOs.
01:05:48
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I'm looking at Danny Garcia to pull off a big victory and and in what could be his final fight here. Well, there you go. You don't seem to think that his inactivity will affect him. This is more of a the narrative of a redemption arc, Josh. The last fight, is there enough left in the tank, or are there potential pitfalls in this farewell fight? How do you feel about this fight?
01:06:13
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I'm going to go in the same direction as Ian there. I think that this is like the farewell for Garcia. And when you're in these types of situations, barring things crazy or unexpected, then he's going to show up, show out, and do what he needs to do in front Barclays, which would be like a crowd for him, sort of like a hometown crowd outside of Philly. You know, when think of Barclays, of course, with what was mentioned there with the,
01:06:43
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some of the others who've mentioned him. Yeah, I think of him, Deontay Wilder, those are two who've had a number of fights at Marclays, and that's a second home for the most part. I mean, Philly is right there like as it relates to the distance between New York. I'm in Washington, D.C., you know, and even, you know, we can make that trip up there. I like, we go to Philly all the time for fights. I've gone to Philly for a number of fights, so,
01:07:08
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I think that, hey, this is a hometown fight practically for Danny Garcia. And I think that he's going to do what he needs to do. he know this is is the swamp he He knows that this is the swan song. And um when you really look at it, resume for resume, comparison for comparison, shout out to his opponent, who I'm sure is going to be game right there. But Danny Garcia, I mean, hey, he is one of the best of this season.
01:07:36
Speaker
last, I would say 20 years, you know what I'm saying? 20 years, like i guess we can give it that. And I think that will show and he will do what he needs to do. Nice. Yeah, definitely, ah definitely, ah you know, been a great fighter.
01:07:51
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ah He should still have the goods ah to take Gonzalez out. Clever D, what do you think about this fight? Well, the Beastie Boys said, no sleep till Brooklyn. Someone's going to sleep in Brooklyn. Kind of like, you're dang all right. And and i'm ah um ah I've been using UFC stuff mixed with boxing this whole time. going end it with that.
01:08:13
Speaker
Robbie Lawler knocked out Nico Price in his final fight in the UFC. I think that was a first-round knockout. I got Danny Garcia knocking him out. Why are you going to man like that? Don't do my man like that. you can't even You can't even give him a caveat?
01:08:25
Speaker
No, you know heavy absolutely not. Absolutely not. Robbie Lawler put Nico Price asleep. um I don't know if Gonzalez is going to sleep, but he will be taking a knee or a nap shortly in Brooklyn.
01:08:39
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Third round. Book it. Or not. So you think you think Garcia is going to come out in his last fight in Brooklyn and get embarrassed like that? Like Josh, like Ian said, I think we're going to get a vintage Danny Garcia knockout.
01:08:55
Speaker
I can feel it. I can feel it. He has something to prove. That Laura fight was not a good look, and I think he has something to prove. He's going to be like, this is the last hurrah, okay? So, yeah. Completely excuse me. i could Excuse me, everybody on the stream.
01:09:10
Speaker
I thought you said Gonzalez was going to knock him out. but That's what I thought. That's why I was like, what? Wait a second. What do you mean? No. What are you doing? I was like, you sure you don't want to cover it? Anyways, look, it don't even matter. You know with me, I'm going with my brother from the islands.
01:09:25
Speaker
Boricua, mi gente. Wepa, wepa, wepa. Let's go, Diddy Garcia. this weekend with the victory to end out what is a great care career. What's been a great career at the Barclays center. And as we end an amazing stream, once again, here at ball and buds, ah please make sure you subscribe at B a L L a N D B U D S. We would love and appreciate our, we'd love to have, and we appreciate our guest in green from top,
01:10:01
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boxing news on Instagram you please please please make sure you tap in with them Ian how'd you feel about this stream with the ball and bloods that you're definitely gonna have to join again later because you have no choice now oh man it was amazing man it was amazing talking to all you guys and yeah I uh I did uh I did a stream last night i'm kind of getting used to these uh you know coming on other people's streams and not interviewing people myself but I love it man I love coming on being able to talk fights it's what I love to do man it's awesome nice Cool. Well, i'll hit you up on Instagram again, everybody. Top.BoxingNews. I'll hit you up and we'll get you on one of our shows on Ball and Buds of these days.
01:10:37
Speaker
Amazing, man. Let's do it. Awesome. ah Josh, 86 Boxing, sign off for us, brother. Ali Boumayé, but what I will say is I'm going to be in Connecticut this weekend for the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame. Shout out to my guy, Joe Cusano, retired pro official.
01:10:58
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He got back into the amateur officiating game, and he's partly or that an in large part responsible responsible for me getting into the officiating game. He's out of Connecticut.
01:11:10
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He's being inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame. So I'm going to be there to support, show some love to my man Joe Cassano out there holding it down from Hartford, Connecticut.
01:11:22
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Hartford Fighting Town as well. You know, you really ah boil it down. So salute to him. And, hey, I appreciate everyone. Appreciate being able to be on here. Good meeting you, Ian, there. So, hey, hope to continue to connect.
01:11:36
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Of course, man.
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